The judicial doctrine of fair use is reviewed and an approach is suggested for making fair use determinations in court cases involving a copyright owner's exclusive rights. For journal availability see HE 509 045. (LBH)

It is through use of language that the teacher fosters concept formation, critical thinking, reflection, planning skills and a host of other intellectual capacities in children. This article points the way toward a more effective use of language by planning the development of children's listening skills through tapes, exercises and games.…

Presents student exercises designed to demonstrate the importance of speaking and listening carefully; a self-test for the teacher to evaluate his/her communication skills; and examples of ways to teach communication in a variety of topics related to home economics (family relationships, child care, foods and nutrition, personal care, home…

Discusses some of the criteria and assumptions useful to department chairpeople planning for the future of academic departments. Available from: ACA Bulletin, Robert Hall, Editor, Speech Communication Association, 5205 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1001, Falls Church, VA 22041. (MH)

Provides suggestions for giving potential investigative reporters a general overview of the topic in first-year reporting and writing classes. (KS)

The most practical course for principals and their evaluators to follow would be that of shared decision making in the evaluative process. The primary emphasis of principal evaluation is to assist in professional development. (Author/IRT)

Discussion of the debate in the information science profession over whether a code of ethics would be useful presents sample issues and places them in historical and philosophical frameworks for considering the tension between knowledge and power. Practical guidelines are offered to help information professionals act out of wisdom. (Author/EM)

Provides information and suggestions to help parents and teachers deal constructively with the issues concerning AIDS and reduce the likelihood of conveying anxiety about the disease to very young children. (RH)

Within the purview of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, legislation has specifically addressed testing practices. Reviews the historical perspective of employment testing, nonuniformity of lower court interpretations of Title VII, and Supreme Court decisions; and presents recommendations for administrators and legislators. (MLF)

Proposes guidelines to enable the consistent and thorough review of instructional interactive video packages. Presented in outline form, the evaluation criteria include package information, documentation and support materials, role of the computer in instruction, role of video and audio in instruction, and the computer videodisc mix. (CLB)

Discusses the importance of incorporating technical and human relation skills to be a successful and productive media specialist, and offers guidelines for developing communication skills and self-esteem. (CLB)

Addresses advantages and disadvantages of write-once read-many (WORM) optical disks and other software considerations resulting from the write-once nature of WORM media to provide guidelines for determining whether this technology is appropriate for an application. Three brief case studies describe WORM software development efforts. (MES)

Many suggestions by two researchers at Rand Corporation, who published a paper on etiquette for news networks, have been incorporated into bulletin-board conventions, but with new users coming online all the time socialization is slow. Some suggestions for e-mail users are provided. (MLW)

Presents a set of guidelines for the display features and content of information that should be given to the learner in a computer-generated error message. Examples of common errors and suggested message displays are given. (8 references) (CLB)

Suggests that many of the criticisms and failures of implementation of "Primary Education in Scotland" (1965) arose through lack of understanding of how the memorandum was written and of exactly what its recommendations entailed. Concentrates on how the document was made by obtaining oral evidence from some of its authors. (NEC)